For the longest time, fans of the Toronto Blue Jays have been operating under the general assumptions that the club’s ownership group, Rogers Communications, is cheap. And, to be fair, there has been several instances where that firmly held belief was supported. We’ve watched major free agents sign elsewhere. ‘Why won’t Rogers just spend some of their bajillion dollars to build a winner’ we’d shriek. Of course, General Manager, Alex Anthopoulos would always brush off these missed opportunities with the “not a smart baseball move” broom.
That is until July, 2015 rolled around and the Blue Jays were trading away anything not nailed down to bring in top talent to make a push for the playoffs for the first time in 22 years.